Sorry Sergey

It was the smtp method of my email software causing the problem

Thanks

Colin

>The STRTOFILE() doesn't strip line breaks from the text. IOW, you don't have line breakes in your memo or they are incomplete.
>
>>I am converting a memo field to a text file
>>
>>The memo field contains
>>
>>Hello Colin
>>
>>Hope you are well
>>
>>Colin
>>
>>Using the strtofile command I get
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>>Hello Colin Hope you are well Colin
>>
>>How can I get the line breaks?
>>